Baiherotwo Blog Migmaging MG: Muiccia Prada and Elsa Schiaparelli Will Have a ‘Conversation’ at the Met’s Next Costume Institute Exhibit

Muiccia Prada and Elsa Schiaparelli Will Have a ‘Conversation’ at the Met’s Next Costume Institute Exhibit:

More details have emerged about the Met’s next Costume Institute exhibit “Elsa Schiaparelli and Miuccia Prada: On Fashion.” According to WWD, the exhibit will be presented as an “anachronistic conversation” between Prada and Schiaparelli, which is a concept that was inspired by the “Impossible Interviews” in Vanity Fair from the 1930s.

So why Schiaparelli? The Costume Institute received some Schiaparelli pieces after it acquired the Brooklyn Museum’s extensive Costume Collection in 2009, so that was the starting point. From then, it seemed to
organizers that Miuccia would be a logical counterpoint–both strong women designers, both Italian, both with unique points of view, both with art world connections.

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